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Sean Collins

Sean Collins

Former News Editor

    Latest articles by Sean Collins

    Politics
    “This is an opportunity”: Fox News reacts to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death“This is an opportunity”: Fox News reacts to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death
    Politics

    On Tucker Carlson Tonight, conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett was floated as a replacement for Ginsburg.

    By Sean Collins
    Explainers
    The police shooting of Jacob Blake, explainedThe police shooting of Jacob Blake, explained
    Explainers

    Blake’s shooting has inspired intense protests, a professional sports strike, and fiery rhetoric from President Trump.

    By Fabiola Cineas, Sean Collins and 1 more
    Trump once flirted with white nationalism. Now it’s a centerpiece of his White House.
    Explainers

    Modern presidents have rejected white nationalism, but Trump has advanced its agenda.

    By Sean Collins
    Politics
    John Lewis’s voting rights legacy is in dangerJohn Lewis’s voting rights legacy is in danger
    Politics

    Lewis was unable to see the Voting Rights Act restored before his death.

    By Sean Collins
    Politics
    Rep. John Lewis, civil rights leader and moral center of Congress, has died at 80Rep. John Lewis, civil rights leader and moral center of Congress, has died at 80
    Politics

    He is remembered as a Freedom Rider, voting rights champion, and the “conscience of the Congress.”

    By Sean Collins
    The killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Georgia, explained
    Explainers

    The white men arrested in the shooting have been indicted on murder charges.

    By Sean Collins
    Police killings can be captured in data. The terror police create cannot.
    Criminal Justice

    The problem with policing is about more than violence. It’s about living a black life in fear.

    By Sean Collins
    Criminal Justice
    The police killing of Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s drive-through, explainedThe police killing of Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s drive-through, explained
    Criminal Justice

    Brooks was killed after falling asleep at an Atlanta Wendy’s drive-through. The officer who shot him has been charged with felony murder.

    By Sean Collins and Zeeshan Aleem
    The systemic racism black Americans face, explained in 9 charts
    Politics

    Longstanding inequalities have led to the current wave of protests.

    By Sean Collins
    Why these protests are different
    Politics

    There have been uprisings against police brutality and racism before, but this is the country at its exasperation point.

    By Sean Collins